Meeting Agenda Welcome and Introductions 5 min. Review & Approve Revised Guiding Statement 5 min. Define “High Percentage” Poverty 20 min. Review & Approve FY19 Service Proposal 15 min. Regional Coordination 30 min. Public Comment 15 min.

Advisory Committee Guiding Statement  Advisory Committee Guiding Statement HB 2017 provides much-needed investment in transit service.  For the first time, employees in Oregon will be taxed to pay for transit.  Low income workers will contribute proportionately more of their incomes as a result.  It is therefore critical that investment of this funding serve the needs of low income people to have affordable, reliable, convenient transit service that connects them to jobs and services.​ A modern, well-funded transportation system that is planned, built, and operated with equity as a guiding principle will benefit everyone through reduced air toxics, carbon output, and congestion, and shape our region for generations to come. Therefore, the committee will advise TriMet on a public transportation improvement plan to spend HB2017 funds for the following purposes: Expansion of existing and creation of new transit services (including last mile services), except for light raexpil, with consideration for communities with a high percentage of low-income households and responsible contracting and workforce utilization,   programs to reduce transit fares for communities with a high percentage of low-income households, procurement of buses powered by natural gas or electricity, capital projects required for the creation, expansion and improvement of transit services, including projects intended to improve speed and reliability, with consideration for communities with a high percentage of low-income households and responsible contracting and workforce utilization, expansion of existing/creation of new transit services in communities outside the TriMet service district, but inside in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties, and regional coordination/reduction of fragmentation between TriMet and communities outside the TriMet service district, but inside Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties.